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Got up with small flowers (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roses

'flowers' is the definition.
(rose is a type of flower)

'got up with small' is the wordplay.
'got up' becomes 'rose' (past tense of 'raise').
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'rose'+'s'='ROSES'

(Other definitions for roses that I've seen before include "Flowers for watering cans?" , "Occupants of bed" , "favours > certain wines" , "Blooms" , "Fragrant flowers" .)

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